Hermann Zapf

German type-designer, calligrapher, author and artist (1918-2015) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hermann Zapf
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Hermann Zapf (8 November 1918 – 4 June 2015) was a German typeface designer.[1] He was born in Nuremberg. From 1951 until his death, he was married to educator Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse. Typefaces he designed include Palatino, Optima and Zapfino.

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Zapf signing in May 2011.

Zapf died at his home in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany on 4 June 2015 at the age of 96.[2]

List of typefaces

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A range of Zapf typeface designs

Zapf designed the following typefaces:

  • Aldus
    • Aldus nova (with Akira Kobayashi)
  • AMS Euler
  • Aurelia
  • Comenius
  • Edison
  • Hunt Roman
  • Kompakt
  • Marconi
  • Medici Script
  • Melior
  • Michelangelo
  • Noris Script
  • Optima
    • Zapf Humanist
    • Optima nova (with Akira Kobayashi, 2002)
  • Orion
  • Palatino
    • Palatino nova (with Akira Kobayashi)
    • Palatino sans (with Akira Kobayashi, 2006)
    • Palatino sans informal (with Akira Kobayashi, 2006)
    • Palatino Arabic (with Nadine Chahine)
    • URW Palladio L
    • Zapf Calligraphic
  • Saphir
  • Sistina[3]
  • Vario
  • Venture
  • ITC Zapf Book[4]
  • ITC Zapf Chancery
  • ITC Zapf Dingbats[5]
  • ITC Zapf International
  • URW Antiqua
  • URW Grotesk[6]
  • Zapf Essentials
  • Zapf Renaissance Antiqua
  • Zapfino
  • Zapfino Extra
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